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Recent Examples of put about
But the smugglers put about 50 people, each paying at least €2,000, into each boat (the boats, usually eight metres by two metres, are actually designed for about ten passengers).
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The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Dec. 2024
Boeing fuselage maker Spirit AeroSystems earlier this week put about 700 Wichita, Kansas, workers on a 21-day furlough.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
The signing of Act 231 this year put about $10 million aside for the department to bolster its invasive species work and biosecurity, after lawmakers pressured the DOA to do a better job.
—CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024
The National Republican Congressional Committee also put about $1.5 million into the race to support Barrett and target Hertel, and the conservative group Americans for Prosperity's political arm added some $745,000.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2024
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The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Dec. 2024
Boeing fuselage maker Spirit AeroSystems earlier this week put about 700 Wichita, Kansas, workers on a 21-day furlough.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
The signing of Act 231 this year put about $10 million aside for the department to bolster its invasive species work and biosecurity, after lawmakers pressured the DOA to do a better job.
—CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024
The National Republican Congressional Committee also put about $1.5 million into the race to support Barrett and target Hertel, and the conservative group Americans for Prosperity's political arm added some $745,000.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put about
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The change came about when the National Association of Realtors and some of the country’s largest brokerages agreed in 2024 to settle multiple class action lawsuits filed on behalf of homeowners.—
TC Brown,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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The leak came about when Democrat journalist/propagandist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine was inadvertently included in an unsecure chat app in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out plans for striking the Houthis.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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Pic suffered a tough break when, shortly into the premiere showing at Roy Thomson Hall when the propulsive narrative was just taking off, the film had to be halted and the lights turned back on because of a medical emergency suffered by a ticketholder.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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Palestinians have appeared ready for peace in the past, only to turn back to rejection and terrorism.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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For the coming round, various complexities in the French electoral system make predictions difficult.—
Laura King,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2024
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These public statements signal political will by many leading G-20 members, making the coming round of G-20 meetings in September an opportune time to act.—
Landry Signé,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Apr. 2023
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In Sunday’s season finale, Tim sets out to poison his family with a fatal batch of piña coladas only to change his mind a sip or two in.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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As part of a health movement, the capital city of Montevideo banned dining establishments from setting out the high-sodium condiments.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Simeone set off sprinting down the line in celebration, but quickly got his emotions back under control, knowing there was a long way still to go in the tie.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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There, his preternatural musical ability sets off a chain of supernatural events.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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On Saturday, New York Republican U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino said in a news release that Howard had been reinstated as administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program after legislators urged the White House to reverse the decision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2025
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Drastic cuts to the 9/11 program were reversed earlier this year after Republican lawmakers sounded the alarm.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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